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First African-American actress to be nominated for Best Actress. 1972: Diana Ross: Lady Sings the Blues: Billie Holiday: Nominated First African-American actress to receive an Academy Award nomination for a debut film performance. First time multiple African-American actresses received Best Actress nominations. Cicely Tyson: Sounder: Rebecca ...
What I Learned from Today’s Puzzle. DEMI (24A: "The Substance" actress Moore) The Substance is a 2024 movie in which DEMI Moore portrays a 50-year-old movie star whose fame is fading. She ...
First African film to win an Academy Award. 1976: Black and White in Color: Jean-Jacques Annaud: Won 1983: Le Bal: Ettore Scola: Nominated 1995: Dust of Life: Rachid Bouchareb: Nominated 2004: Yesterday: Darrell Roodt: Nominated 2005: Tsotsi: Gavin Hood: Won First African film in a language other than French to win in this category. 2006: Days ...
Hattie McDaniel (June 10, 1893 – October 26, 1952) was an African-American actress, singer-songwriter, and comedian. For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939), she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first African American to win an Oscar.
McDormand is the first woman to win for acting (Best Actress for Fargo) and producing. McDormand is the first person to win for acting (Best Actress for Nomadland) and producing in the same year. Shared with Peter Spears and Dan Janvey. Ceán Chaffin Mank: Nominated Shared with Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski. Christina Oh: Minari: Nominated ...
A total of 980 actors appear in the list—494 males and 486 females. Non-winning nominees include 335 males and 328 females—a total of 663. Actors that have won at least once include 159 males and 158 females—a total of 317. Only 45 actors—23 males and 22 females—are multiple Academy Award winners.
American actress and producer Viola Davis (born 1965) completed the triple crown in 2017. [17] She is the youngest person and the first African American to achieve the triple crown. [17] [18] She is a 4-time Oscar (1), 3-time Tony (2), and 5-time Emmy (1) nominee, for a total of 12 TC nominations. Davis has won four TC qualifying awards.
Juanita Moore (October 19, 1914 – January 1, 2014) was an American film, television, and stage actress.. She was the fifth black actor to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category, and the third in the Supporting Actress category at a time when only one black actor, Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind (1939), had won an Oscar.